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FRONTLINE; Nuclear Aftershocks

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Series
FRONTLINE
Program
Nuclear Aftershocks
Program Number

2921

Series Description

FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as PBS's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.

Program Description

It's been almost a year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, leaving the country's once popular energy program in shambles. In response, Germany decided to abandon nuclear energy entirely. Should the U.S. follow suit? FRONTLINE correspondent Miles O'Brien examines the implications of the Fukushima accident for U.S. nuclear safety and asks how this disaster will affect the future of nuclear energy around the world. In particular, he visits one emerging battleground: The controversial relicensing of the Indian Point nuclear plant, located only 38 miles from Manhattan. What lessons can be learned from the disaster in Japan?

A FRONTLINE production with the Palfreman Film Group

Duration

00:56:40

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Environmental Issues
Protest and Public Advocacy
Politics and Government
Energy
Technology
Genres
Documentary
Topics
Social Issues
Global Affairs
Creators
O'Brien, Miles (Host)
Palfreman, Jon (Writer)
McMahon, Kate (Producer)
Fanning, David (Executive Producer)
Publication Information
WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation
Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Nuclear Aftershocks,” GBH Archives, accessed October 7, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_69EF535E9ED740B6925769A0AC23D0D4.
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APA: FRONTLINE; Nuclear Aftershocks. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_69EF535E9ED740B6925769A0AC23D0D4
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